giải

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːj˨˩˦]

(classifier con) giải (螮, 蟹, 蠏)

1. giant tortoise living in deep freshwater pools

From Middle Vietnamese dĕải.

giải (繲, 𦃿, 𦄂)

1. prize; award

giải

1. (Northern Vietnam) Alternative form of trải (“to spread out; to lay out”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 解.

giải

1. to relieve; to alleviate; to break down; to release; to liberate; to free; to raise (a seige)
2. (mathematics) to solve (a mathematics problem); to answer
3. Short for đi giải (“to relieve oneself; to pass water”).

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 解 (SV: giái).

giải

1. to deliver (criminal); to conduct under escort; to transport under guard